Governing Singularities of Schubert Varieties

dc.creatorWoo, Alexander
dc.creatorYong, Alexander
dc.date2006-03-12
dc.date2006-06-29
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dc.descriptionWe present a combinatorial and computational commutative algebra methodology for studying singularities of Schubert varieties of flag manifolds. We define the combinatorial notion of *interval pattern avoidance*. For "reasonable" invariants P of singularities, we geometrically prove that this governs (1) the P-locus of a Schubert variety, and (2) which Schubert varieties are globally not P. The prototypical case is P="singular"; classical pattern avoidance applies admirably for this choice [Lakshmibai-Sandhya'90], but is insufficient in general. Our approach is analyzed for some common invariants, including Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials, multiplicity, factoriality, and Gorensteinness, extending [Woo-Yong'05]; the description of the singular locus (which was independently proved by [Billey-Warrington '03], [Cortez '03], [Kassel-Lascoux-Reutenauer'03], [Manivel'01]) is also thus reinterpreted. Our methods are amenable to computer experimentation, based on computing with *Kazhdan-Lusztig ideals* (a class of generalized determinantal ideals) using Macaulay 2. This feature is supplemented by a collection of open problems and conjectures.
dc.description23 pages. Software available at the authors' webpages. Version 2 is the submitted version. It has a nomenclature change: "Bruhat-restricted pattern avoidance" is renamed "interval pattern avoidance"; the introduction has been reorganized
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603273
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603273
dc.identifierJ. Algebra, Vol. 320 (2008), No. 2, p. 495--520
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.jalgebra.2007.12.016
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/168952
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject14M15, 14M05, 05E99
dc.titleGoverning Singularities of Schubert Varieties
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